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Which cue involves each eye rotating inward to project the image of an object on each retina?
Which cue involves each eye rotating inward to project the image of an object on each retina?
What is the difference between the two retinal images of an object called?
What is the difference between the two retinal images of an object called?
Which type of perception uses cues that make use of optical flow?
Which type of perception uses cues that make use of optical flow?
What is the essential 'colour' determined by the dominant wavelength in the mixture of the light called?
What is the essential 'colour' determined by the dominant wavelength in the mixture of the light called?
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What is the overall intensity of all the wavelengths making up light called?
What is the overall intensity of all the wavelengths making up light called?
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What is the perception of objects as constant in size, shape, and other properties despite changes in their retinal image called?
What is the perception of objects as constant in size, shape, and other properties despite changes in their retinal image called?
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What type of processing is guided by knowledge, expectations, and other psychological factors?
What type of processing is guided by knowledge, expectations, and other psychological factors?
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Which term describes the smallest amount of physical energy a sensory system can detect?
Which term describes the smallest amount of physical energy a sensory system can detect?
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What is the term for the smallest difference between stimuli that we can detect?
What is the term for the smallest difference between stimuli that we can detect?
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According to Weber's law, the smallest detectable difference in stimulus energy is a constant fraction of the intensity of the stimulus. Which equation represents this relationship?
According to Weber's law, the smallest detectable difference in stimulus energy is a constant fraction of the intensity of the stimulus. Which equation represents this relationship?
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Which law states that the perception of magnitude is not absolute but relative?
Which law states that the perception of magnitude is not absolute but relative?
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Which method is used to estimate how our perception of stimulus intensity is related to the actual strength of the stimulus?
Which method is used to estimate how our perception of stimulus intensity is related to the actual strength of the stimulus?
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Which law describes the relationship between the smallest detectable difference in stimulus energy and the intensity of the stimulus?
Which law describes the relationship between the smallest detectable difference in stimulus energy and the intensity of the stimulus?
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Which term describes the smallest difference between stimuli that we can detect?
Which term describes the smallest difference between stimuli that we can detect?
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Which type of processing relies on specific, detailed information elements from the sensory receptors that are integrated and assembled into a whole?
Which type of processing relies on specific, detailed information elements from the sensory receptors that are integrated and assembled into a whole?
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What are some features that are subject to separate analysis in bottom-up processing?
What are some features that are subject to separate analysis in bottom-up processing?
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In face recognition, which features do we tend to rely on more?
In face recognition, which features do we tend to rely on more?
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What is attention?
What is attention?
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What does attention do to our sensory and perceptual systems?
What does attention do to our sensory and perceptual systems?
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What does attention do to specific information?
What does attention do to specific information?
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What does attention do to unwanted stimuli?
What does attention do to unwanted stimuli?
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What does attention do to the flow of resources necessary for performing a task?
What does attention do to the flow of resources necessary for performing a task?
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What processes are involved in attention?
What processes are involved in attention?
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According to Fechner's law, constant increases in physical energy will produce ______ increases in perceived magnitude.
According to Fechner's law, constant increases in physical energy will produce ______ increases in perceived magnitude.
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Stevens's power law for magnitude estimation includes a factor that takes into account the ______ sensitivity of various sensory systems.
Stevens's power law for magnitude estimation includes a factor that takes into account the ______ sensitivity of various sensory systems.
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Signal detection theory is a mathematical model of how a person's ______ and response criterion combine to determine decisions about whether a near-threshold stimulus has occurred.
Signal detection theory is a mathematical model of how a person's ______ and response criterion combine to determine decisions about whether a near-threshold stimulus has occurred.
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What is the error called when no signal is presented, but the participant decides that there was a signal anyway?
What is the error called when no signal is presented, but the participant decides that there was a signal anyway?
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What is the error called when a signal occurs but it is not detected?
What is the error called when a signal occurs but it is not detected?
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What is the error called when a signal occurs and the participant detects it?
What is the error called when a signal occurs and the participant detects it?
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What is it called when a person does not report a signal when none was given?
What is it called when a person does not report a signal when none was given?
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